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A Study Of The Relationship Between Intelligence Quotients And Physical Fitness Scores., Lewis Dale Caton

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the intelligence quotients, as measured by the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity, Junior High Level, and the physical fitness ratings as measured by the physical fitness tests recommended by the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, of ninth grade boys in physical education classes at Carlsbad Mid-High School, Carlsbad New Mexico.

A Study Of The Effects Of Social Stratification Upon Leisure Activities Of Junior High School Students In A Selected Albuquerque Area, John Robert Schuster

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Leisure is embraced by all class levels. Whereas total leisure was once an indicator of aristocratic position, as it was in Athens during the Golden Age of Greece, or that of the bum who shirks social responsibility, leisure has become increasingly significant in all levels of social stratification. Though leisure is no longer an indicator of class position, the recreation activities in which people indulge during their leisure may exhibit lines of social stratification.

A Comparative Study Of The Scholastic Achievements Of Athletes And Non-Athletes And Athletic Teams At The University Of New Mexico, Andrew Glen Conly

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to compare the scholastic achievements of athletes and non-athletes in various selected colleges, at the University of New Mexico; (2) to compare the scholastic achievements of the different varsity athletic teams; and (3) to compare the scholastic achievements of athletes in team sports with those in individual sports.

Specific Objectives

How to athletes compare scholastically to non-athletes in the various selected colleges?

How do athletes in the various selected colleges compare scholastically?

How do non-athletes in the various selected colleges compare scholastically?

How do athletes on the various varsity athletic teams compare scholastically? …

A Sociometric Investigation Of The Persistency Of Choice In Grade Levels Two Through Six, Dolores Lapointe Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. There is a general conjecture among elementary school teachers that friendships and social preferences in the lower elementary grade fluctuate considerably, and that they tend to become increasingly more stable in the higher elementary grades, sometimes to the detriment of a well-ordered child society. Statements such as, “the younger ones don’t care with whom they are friendly,” and “Their best friends change every week” express the general feeling of instability and fluctuation in the lower grades. By contrast, many persons teaching in grades four to six feel that there is a tendency toward the development of …

A Study Of Junior High School Boys' Physical Fitness Scores As Related To The Families' Socioeconomic Status, Size, And Types Of Occupation, John Lee Stockdill

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The physical fitness of the youth of the United States has been widely deplored in recent years. Kraus and Hirschland conducted a study which involved a comparison of the physical fitness of European children with the physical fitness of American children. Their study showed that 57.9% of the Americans tested failed the test as compared to only 8.7% of the Europeans. This discovery was one of the factors which prompted the creation of the President’s Council on Youth Fitness on September 6, 1956.

An Observational Study Of Differentiation Of Reinforcement At The Sixth Grade Level, Lariene Moffett Treat

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of pupil IQ and sex upon the number of some immediate verbal and nonverbal reinforcements given by the teacher to the students in the regular classroom. Studies have been done which indicate some differentiation on the bases of socio-economic status and behavior. This study determined, by actual classroom observation, what differentiation in reinforcements was found on the bases of (a) pupil IQ, (b) sex of pupils, (c) sex of teachers. The relationship between verbal and nonverbal reinforcements was also investigated.

A Study Of The Effect Of Adjunctive Use Of Programed Instructional Materials On Student Achievement In Selected Language Arts Areas, Ronald A. Ruble

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the effects of conventional teaching with programed materials used as an instructional adjunct and conventional teaching alone upon individual and class achievement in three selected areas of the language arts curriculum: (a) spelling, (b) punctuation, and (c) capitalization.

Saludos Amigas 1964, Associated Women Students

Co-Ed Code/Saludos Amigas

"Welcome to you the coeds of UNM who will be the members of the Associated Women Students for the year 1964-65. This is your handbook. I hope that you will read it carefully so that you may better understand the functions and standards of your self-governing organization."

"This year, A.W.S. is operating under a newly revised constitution. As a governing body, we still retain our three branches--Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The Legislative Council which meets one a week has been expanded to include thirteen elected members. These include the eight officers and five members at large elected from the All …